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Tinea capitis mimicking tufted hair folliculitis
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 09/23/09

Baroni A et al. – The authors report a case of tinea capitis mimicking tufted hair folliculitis in a 56–year–old European man, who presented with a 4–year history of pain and erythema in an area of scarring alopecia of the occipital scalp, with scales and tufts of hair emerging from individual follicles. Diagnosis was made on the basis of the clinical, histological, microbiological and videodermatoscopy data. After 30 days of systemic antifungal treatment, there were a substantial clinical improvement and disappearance of pain. After 5 months, a residual cicatricial area was seen with some hair tufts emerging from a single orifice.

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